As "This Week in God" settles in on Saturday mornings, the God Machine has plenty to offer again this week.First up is a look at religious right activism surrounding the upcoming "Day of Silence," an annual anti-bullying event, intended to protest and raise awareness of harassment against LGBT students. read more

Tucson's Welcome Home Veterans Parade is tomorrow, Saturday, March 31 beginning at 10:30 a.m. in downtown Tucson. Full details are here on the Downtown Tucson site (which might want to consider updating the photo on that page unless they want this to be a really weird parade). There's also a Facebook page for the event.ADDING: Sorry... read more

As Rachel mentioned on the air, KISS is looking to hire a roadie for their upcoming summer tour with Motley Crue. From the KISS site: The lucky veteran who gets the gig will be part of the team that assembles the KISS stage set, helps run effects during the show and takes down the set afterwards. Applicants do not need to be a trained carpenter,... read more

Rachel Maddow reviews the brief history of the movement to honor returning Iraq War veterans with parades in cities around the U.S., with the next one happening in Tucson on Saturday, March 31 at 10:30 a.m. local time. watch

Rachel Maddow shares the detail of a job opening through the Hiring Our Heroes program in which the rock band KISS is looking for a veteran to work as part of the stage crew on their summer tour with Motley Crue. watch

David Corn, Washington, D.C. bureau chief for Mother Jones and author of “Showdown,” talks with Rachel Maddow about why Mitt Romney is going to be as unsuccessful attacking President Obama on foreign policy grounds as he has been attacking him on the... watch

Rachel Maddow reports the latest developments in the local politics of Wisconsin, where a federal court has struck down portions of Governor Scott Walker's union-busting bill, and where the court has made it official that Walker, his lieutenant... watch

Steve Schmidt, former McCain-Palin campaign senior strategist, talks with Rachel Maddow about whether it's normal for a front running candidate to suffer as many embarrassments via off-message surrogates as Mitt Romney has in the 2012 campaign so far. watch

Today's edition of quick hits:* Squeezing Tehran: "President Barack Obama said Friday he was plowing ahead with potential sanctions against countries that keep buying oil from Iran, including allies of the United States, in a deepening campaign to starve Iran of money for its disputed nuclear program."* Will that send oil prices... read more

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